Prohibition of Standing - Lombard Street, Both Sides,

from Victoria Street to Church Street (Downtown)

The Toronto Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report (October5,1998) from the Director, Transportation Services, District 1:

Purpose:

This proposal is intended to discourage motorists from parking over top of maintenance hole covers where access is required by Works staff to effect emergency repairs.

Funding Sources:

Not applicable.

Recommendations:

(1)That the parking prohibition at anytime on the south side of Lombard Street, from Victoria Street to a point 20.0 metres east, be rescinded;

(2)That standing be prohibited at anytime on the south side of Lombard Street, from Victoria Street to a point 20.0 metres east;

(3)That standing be prohibited at anytime on the north side of Lombard Street, from a point 24.1 metres east of Victoria Street to a point 6.0 metres further east; and

(4)That the appropriate City Officials be requested to take whatever action is necessary to give effect to the foregoing, including the introduction in Council of any Bills that are required.

Comments:

At the request of staff Works and Emergency Services - Water and Wastewater Services, staff of Transportation Services have investigated implementing parking regulations on the south side of Lombard Street at a point 13.0 metres east of Victoria Street (where parking is currently prohibited) and on the north side of Lombard Street at a point 24.1 metres east of Victoria Street (where metered parking space No. #12066 currently exists), which might discourage motorists from parking over road level maintenance holes and allow access at all times to underground vaults at these locations.

Site inspections have revealed that delivery vehicles and vehicles displaying valid disabled persons parking permits (which exempt the vehicle from the parking prohibition), frequently park for extended periods of time on the south side of Lombard Street, from Victoria Street to a point 20.0 metres east, obstructing access by Works staff to the underground vault/sewer at this location and preventing staff from making emergency repairs or providing scheduled maintenance.

Similar problems occur on the north side of Lombard Street (in the third parking meter stall east of Victoria Street) where vehicles may legally park from a point 24.1 metres east of Victoria Street to a point 6.0 metres further east.

In order to ensure that access to these maintenance holes is available at all times, standing should be prohibited at anytime:

-on the south side of Lombard Street, from Victoria Street to a point 20.0 metres east; and

-on the north side of Lombard Street, from a point 24.1 metres east of Victoria Street to a point 6.0 metres further east.

Implementation of this regulation on the north side of Lombard Street will result in the loss of one parking space in an area where there is a high demand for parking throughout the day. Nevertheless, the need for unobstructed assess to this maintenance hole by Works staff is of significant importance and outweighs the inconvenience that the loss of this parking space might cause.

Contact Name and Telephone Number:

Curt Russell, 392-7771,